The War of the Worlds is a science fiction novel by English author H. G. Wells about an attempted invasion of Earth by beings from the planet Mars with much greater intelligence and more advanced weapons than humans. The Martians intend to eliminate humankind and conquer Earth because their own …
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The War of the Worlds is a science fiction novel by English author H. G. Wells about an attempted invasion of Earth by beings from the planet Mars with much greater intelligence and more advanced weapons than humans. The Martians intend to eliminate humankind and conquer Earth because their own older and smaller world has reached the "last stage of exhaustion". It was written between 1895 and 1897, and serialised in Pearson's Magazine in the UK and Cosmopolitan magazine in the US in 1897. The full novel was first published in hardcover in 1898 by William Heinemann. The War of the Worlds is one of the earliest stories to detail a conflict between humankind and an extraterrestrial race. The novel is the first-person narrative of an unnamed protagonist in Surrey and his younger brother who escapes to Tillingham in Essex as London and Southern England are invaded by Martians. It is one of the most commented-on works in the science fiction canon. Its 1938 radio broadcast directed and narrated by Orson Welles caused a sensation, convincing part of the general public that a Martian invasion was ongoing.
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- LibraryThing key:
- 11494
- BNF ID:
- 11961283d
- VIAF:
- 175789810
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La guerra de los mundos
230 pages
Spanish language
Published Jan. 1, 1992
A Guerra dos Mundos
224 pages
Portuguese language
Published Jan. 1, 2017 by Nova Fronteira.
The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
201 pages
Published Feb. 27, 2019
The War of the Worlds
204 pages
Spanish language
Published Jan. 1, 2006 by Planeta DeAgostini.
La guerra de los mundos
224 pages
Spanish language
Published Jan. 1, 1988
Pasauļu cīņa
191 pages
Latvian language
Published Jan. 1, 1938
La Guerra de los Mundos
256 pages
Spanish language
Published Jan. 1, 2018
De oorlog der werelden
248 pages
Dutch language
Published Jan. 1, 1947
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